Dachau Concentration Camp RecordsGlossary

The data in the leftmost column of this table represents the contents of the fields used both
to categorize the prisoners, and to describe their disposition.
Because the transcribers of the original data were asked to transcribe the data exactly as it
appeared, the data included many abbreviations that were not used consistently when the
information was originally recorded. Additionally, instead of always specifying unique
abbreviations for unique designations, some abbreviations were used to distinguish multiple
designations. This explains the appearance in the list below, of multiple translations for
a single abbreviation.

ABBREVIATION

EXPANDED WORDS

TRANSLATION

AH

Asozialer Häftling

asocial prisoner?

AH

Arbeitserziehungshäftling

work education prisoner

AH-J

Asozialer Häftling-Jude

asocial Jewish prisoner

AL

Albaner

Albanian

AR

Araber

Arabian

Aso

Asozial

general term for persons considered uncooperative for various reasons

Aso

Asozialer

Asocial

Au

Auschwitz

AZG

Asozialer/Gemeindebehörde

Asocial prisoner delivered by local authorities

AZR

Asozialer/Reichsbehörde

Asocial prisoner delivered by Reich authorities

AZR-J

Arbeitserziehungshäftling-Jude

work education prisoner-Jew

AZR-J

Asozialer/Reichsbehörde-Jude

Jewish asocial prisoner delivered by Reich authorities

B

Belgier

Belgian

Befr

Befreit

liberated (at end of war)

Bifo

Bibelforscher

Jehovah’s Witness

Bu

Buchenwald

BV

Berufsverbrecher

professional criminal—person with several convictions.Also, though more rarely, Beschränkte Verhaftung : limited imprisonment

BV

Befristete Vorbeugungshaft

Prisoner under temporary preventive custody

C

Tscheche

Czech (same as T)

Doe

Deutschoesterreich

official name for Austria before incorporation into the Deutsche Reich (i.e., for prisoners taken to Dachau right after theAnschluss)

DR

Deutsches Reich

German or Austrian

E

Engländer

English prisoner

Em

Emigrant

Emigré

EmJ

Emigrant Jude

Jewish Emigré

Entl

Entlassen

released

F

Franzose

French prisoner

Fl

Flossenburg

G

Grieche

Greek

Gest

Gestorben

died

H

Holländer

Dutch

I

Italiener

Italian

IBV

Internationale Bibelforschervereingung

Jehovah's Witness

J

Jude

Jew

J

Jugoslawe

Yugoslavian

K

Kroate

Croatian

Krg

Kriegsgefangener

prisoner of war (sometimes listed as AZA)

L

Luxemburger

Luxembourger

L

Litauer

Lithuanian

L

Lettländer

Latvian

Loth/Lothg

Lothringer or Lorraine

as in Alsace Lorranie

Mau

Mauthausen

n

Nach

to

N

Norweger

Norwegian

Natz

Natzweiler

NL

Niederländer

Dutch

NN

Name Unbekannt

name unknown, usually used for unknown name of camp

P

Pole

Polish

Para 175 DR

Paragraph 175-Deutsches Reich

Homosexual German or Austrian, same as Sch Para 175

PLI

Polizeihaft

Police custody, same as PVH?

Pol

Politischer

Political prisoner [German or Austrian]

Pol C

Politischer-Tscheche

Political prisoner (Czech political prisoner)

PolDR

Politischer-Deutsches Reich

German or Austrian political prisoner

PP

Politischer Polischer

Polish political prisoner

PPol

Politischer Polischer

Polish political prisoner

PSV

Politischer Sicherheits Verwahrte

Political security prisoner

PSV

Polizeiliche Sicherheitsverwahrung

Police security detention, same as SV

PSV-J

Polizeiliche Sicherheitsverwahrung-Jude

Police security detention-Jew, same as SV

R

Russe

Soviet political prisoner

RD

Reichsdeutsch

Ethnic german, used for Poles and others considered of German race

RKG

Russicher Kriegsgefangener

Soviet POW, same as SU-Kgf

RU

Rumäne

Romanian

RZA

Russicher Zivilarbeiter

Soviet civilian conscript laborer

S

Spanier

Spaniard

S

Sicherheitsverwahrung

security detention

Sch

Schutzhaft

protective custody

Sch

Schutzhäftling

literally, protected prisoner, but really simply prisoner. Sch is often followed by one or two letters, e.g. Sch. P. (Polish prisoner) or Sch. P.J. (Polish Jewish prisoner).